Model Farhan Khan bags the lead role opposite Sanaya Irani in Sony TV's Chanchan

Chanchan, aka Sanaya Irani the new face of Sony Entertainment Television has finally bagged her hero!! After weeks of speculation, and names of very popular guys like Arjun Bijlani, Mohit Sehgal, Varun Kapoor and many others doing rounds, it is a new face Farhan Khan who has bagged the lead role in the upcoming Optimystix Productions' show. Farhan Khan a popular model has bagged the prized role, says our source. He happens to be from a television family, with his father and brother being part of the industry. Incidentally, the Director of Hitler Didi on Zee TV is Farhan's elder brother. We tried contacting Producer Vipul Shah, but could not get through to him. We hear that the shoot of Chanchan has commenced, and Farhan's first day of shoot happened to be yesterday (17 March 2013). Our source says that the channel and production house who earlier wanted to cast a popular name opposite Sanaya later decided to launch a new face, and a pair through the show. Here's looking forward to the new onscreen jodi's chemistry.